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30 goofiest mascots in college sports

By Charles Rahrig V

Sep 17, 2016; Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Cardinal treem mascot performs with marching band during tailgate festivities before a NCAA football game against the USC Trojans at Stanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2016; Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford Cardinal treem mascot performs with marching band during tailgate festivities before a NCAA football game against the USC Trojans at Stanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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LINCOLN, NE – SEPTEMBER 01: Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot jokes around on the sideline behind photographers during the game against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Cornhuskers won 49-20. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE – SEPTEMBER 01: Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot jokes around on the sideline behind photographers during the game against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Memorial Stadium on September 1, 2012 in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Cornhuskers won 49-20. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

4. Lil’ Red

It should be noted that the land of inflatable mascots is an entirely different realm. Everyone has seen the giant inflatable mascot that walks around swallowing people up and dancing on it’s head a thousand times.

So, it’s only fitting that Nebraska has Lil’ Red. While their main mascot is Herbie Husker, the program has all the accolades necessary to house two mascots. Most times, the inflatable mascot doesn’t get as much love as the main one but Lil’ Red does.

It certainly has the creepy face that no one wants to run up in a back alley in the middle of Lincoln. Still, in the broad daylight it’s funny watching him spin on his head and do whatever inflatable things do.

There’s no popping this mascot’s ability to be goofy. He may not be your standard issued wacky, wavy, arm-flailing, inflatable tube man, but he’s a mainstay in the in-game entertainment rotation for the Cornhuskers.

The whole inflatable mascot thing is so overplayed to this point that you have to be a special one to stand out from the rest. Everyone has seen just about all the tricks in the book. He’s definitely doing something right then to say the least.

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